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That makes no sense at all... Hydrogen fuel cells require a completely different set of technologies than the Prius has. The fuel tank in the Prius and the internal combustion engine are designed for gasoline. While it is true that the regenerative braking and battery/electric motor combination will almost certainly be used in future hydrogen fueled cars to increase efficiency, there is no possible way to use hydrogen as a fuel in the current Prius.

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I love my Prius, I love it in every way. The technology is outstanding and it's great that it gets such good gas mileage. But, when there is a vehicle produced that makes the Prius look like and have the technology of a Pinto, this Prius is gone.

Remember, one day the Prius will be considered a gas guzzler.

I could be wrong but I think there are quite a few Prius owners that feel this way. Guess I'm not all that Green.

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An ICE can burn hydrogen, It needs different injectors, and maybe a different computer program. They may have been talking about that. Hydrogen does not require fuel cells.

Truly green would mean using no fossil fuels at all, generating no waste that cannot be recycled, using no plastic packaging, generating no net carbon. Etc. The Prius is the first baby step toward green.

There's a story about the African army ants that cross a stream by plunging into it. The first ones are swept away by the flow, but eventually the bodies of the drowned ants form a bridge for the others to cross. "And what of the ones who are swept away?" asks the little girl, "They don't even form part of the bridge." And the wise elder replies: "They helped to make a path down to the water!"

We and our Prius will be swept away by the flow. We will not even be part of the bridge. But we are helping to begin the path down to the river.

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As I pointed out in this thread that I started (and ended!!), according to an article in Science, we are unlikely to make a significant advance in efficiency beyond hybrids for quite a while. The authors note that the first fuel cell cars are likely to get hydrogen from reforming fossil fuels and that this whole cycle will not be significantly more efficient than hybrid ICE technology. It is not until we start producing hydrogen from renewable fuels that we will be able to make a significant advance in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

Of course, there is also the question of more standard pollutants (i.e., other than greenhouse gases). It is possible that the fuel cell cars using hydrogen from fossil fuels will be cleaner, but it is not so clear how much (if any) cleaner the whole cycle will be...And, of course, the Prius is already quite clean with its AT-PZEV rating.

I have a 2008 Prius with 155,000 miles on it. I imagine that no private person would buy it out of fear that a battery replacement ($$$) might happen during their ownership.
Since the Blue Book value is around the same as a battery replacement, should I just keep the Prius until it dies (it runs...

In the last few weeks, I get the dreaded Red Triangle with exclamation point on the dashboard with just the word "Problem" on the display. It only happens when I make a left turn and barely lasts one second (Just long enough to read the word "Problem"). It only happens (so far) on a mountain...

My daughters 2006 Prius was running fine charging fine, I went out to move it this morning and it had nothing. It unlocked to let me in then it wouldn't start, nothing much in the dash and it wouldn't unlock the trunk. Help